Harrow seat



Oct. 28, 1924. 7 1,513,145

F. H. WILKEY HARROW SEAT i e p l 9. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

'mmi ATTORNEYS F. H. WILKEY HARROW SEAT Filed April 9,1923 2 Sheets-Shes. 2

WWW W" minim WW 3 Patented Get. 28, 1924.

STATE PATENITIIOFFICE.

FRANK HENRY WILKEY, OF CAMP POINT, ILLINOIS.

HARROW SEAT.

Application filed April 9, 1923. Serial No, 630,850. I

harrow seats, and it consists in the combina- V tions, constructions, and

herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a harrow seat of the character described which the operator may sit upon for a relatively long time without becoming tired.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described in which means is provided for resting the seat upon two or more sections of the spike harrow or drag, so that the weight of the person upon the seat will be distributed upon the several sections.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device'of the character described in which means are provided for adjusting the position of the seat relative to the sections to suit the requirements of the particular person using the implement.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described -which greatly facilitates the operation of a section harrow, since each of the sections is at all times maintained at an equal disstance from one another, and therefore cannot jam or separate by contact with unusual formations in the ground, such as ridges or cavities.

arrangements A further object of my invention isto to provide a device of the character described which may be readily applied to the ordinaryv spike harrow or drag, without the use of special tools.

Other objects and advantages will, appearin the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.-

My invention is illustrated in the accom-- panying drawings, forming-part of this application, in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of an bodimentof my invention,

Figure 2 a front elevation of the mech-I anism. illustrated in Figure 1, each end thereof being broken away,

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional View,

substantially ure '1,

along the line. 3-3 of. Fig- Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of intersecting portions of the seat supportof modified ing structure, I Figure 5 is a rear elevation form of my invention,

Figure 6, is an enlarged top plan view of a portion of the, mechanism shown in Figure 5,,and Figure7 is a side elevation of the mecha nism illustrated in Figure 6.

In carrying out my-..invention, I mak use of the ordinary type of section harrow 1 having spikes 2 secured to members 3,v

which membersv are pivotally supported upon parallel supporting members 4.

lever 5 is provided by means of which the parallel members 4 may be moved longitudinally of, one another to alter the angular position ofthe spikes 2. A lower bar' or rod 6 is connected with each of the members 3 and at itsforward end by means of a hook 7 to a draw bar 8.1 In the present preferred embodiment of my invention, I show two of the sections indicated at A and B in Figure 2. A singledraw bar 8 is employed at all times. The, draw bar 8 is connected to the rod 6 of each of the harrow sections, as illustrated in Figure 1. a

My improved harrow seat consists in a pair of substantially S-shaped rigid bars 9 having-a seat 10 at the upper 'endthereof,

anda pair'of arms llpivotally mounted to the'bars 9- at, 12. An intermediatebrace l3 isydisposedbetween the barsll .(see' Figuref2). The lower ends of the bars 11v are secured by means of rivets 14c or the like to an angle bar 15., which angle barais sufli-y ure 3) bolted on theunder side'thereof by means of a stub shaft 18 and a nut 19. The stub shaftfl18 is'projected through one of a plurality of holes disposed in the anglebar 15, thereby permitting adjustment as to the position of the U-shaped member 16. Th1s U-shaped member 16 is permitted to strad dle the upper of the parallel supporting bars 4, as shown in Figure 3, and-therefore serves "as 'a' IiIB Zl-D S IOr positioning the sec tions A and B from movement laterallyitoward or away from one another. Y Y

A seat elevation'a'd"" t'n'gbar is pivotally mounted at 21 to the S-shaped bars 9 (see Figure 1). The outer end of the adjusting bar 20 has a plurality ofgeo'penings 22 therethrough. These openings are arranged foriengagement 1 selectively. with'--- .a

bolti- 23'; projected; gthirou-gh'i -a*- pair. i of lug,

members 24 secured: to: the anglebar 15b5 ings that I means batons-25;: :v

foot rest 26?- 'issadjustably supported 9 by any well known upon the S-shaped bar means (notshownyw The: draw bar 8 1s providedwith an upwardly extending. substantially Y-shaped member 27, thebranches 28- of-? which: are" pivotally. mounted" to- 1 the lower end of the paralleIJSY-shaped bars- 9. Fro-m. theaforegloing; description= of the 'var-ions'' partsof the device, 1 theoperation thereof may be readily understood.:- It will be-apparent from-an inspection of the. drawharrow seat a mosticomfortablesupport. The

Y ordinary manner for employing a harrow or drag new I place plank across the top" of V the 'harrow and l to stand thereupon. This procedure is dangerous and tiring to say the 1ea st.- By the use of myf'improved' device,

a-==comfortabl e seat is provided that 1 may be adjusted to suit the-particular requirements o fthe person'usingtheharrow, that is, the baa-S5 20 may be adjusted relative to' the an le b'ars 15'rso thatthe seat 10 may be m oved'i forward orl toward the" rear of the harrow" a'n'd 'thus ust the weight of the p'erson up'on the seat sowthat'it will cause al u-niform-"contact of the harrowwith the ground and 'thereby preclude the" tilting of the forward ortlre-rear end otthe hiarrow as is common in the ordinary type o'f fi-xed harrow 'seat; V V .1 I

One of;the"--im p.ortant' features of my present invention: is that while in use thesections- A and B" donot move towardoneanother or :move away from one 7 another eveni though the :ground over which the harrow isp'assed maybe-uneven and present repeated; ridges, vcavities"? or; the like, which would ltenda-toi-misgu ide the ordinaryxtype of harrow wheretwovor more harrowsare. used on a; single: draw: bar.

In Figures 5, 6, and 7, o'fsa-rmodified form of my invention in which I'mayeemploy; more than two sections In the formsho-wn-in Figure 5, I employ three sectionsfbut it is apparentcthat: other sections may. be: added. at -the'f will; ofthe operators. 3 a i V have 'providedin -my; improved I I have shown views Members 16" are supported asi shown in Figuref5,, oneadjacent each of the outer endsof the joined sections. 29 and 30, and

one directly below the pivotal connection 31 (seev Figure 6 These members, are; arranged to engage with. the upper of the parallel bars l of three harrows indicated-generally at. 35, 36, and. 37. The bar 15,,with the seat supported thereupon, is then placed uponthe connected parts 29 and: 30so that the V shaped members 16 straddle; the spacingi members- 34 (seeFigure 5), whereupon-the device: is ready; for use.

Theoperation of. this modified form issubstant'ially the same, as in the preferred form.- Theharrows remain at alltimes at a spaceddistance from one another,.being free to move, vertically: without changing their'rlateral relation with one another.

Obviously, my improved vharrow seat may be applied togany make of harrow, and I do not wish to be confined to the particular construction of harrow disclosed in the foregoing specification, which disclosure is illustrative of'one particular embodiment of my invention.-

I claim: r

1. The combinationwith aplurality. of harrofws arranged in lateralia-linement, and a draw bar-for said h-arrows, of a seat sup.- porting member'suppor'ted' at one end on said =draw baar,.a*-cross bar carried on said harrows transverse thereto, and'adjustable supporting means secured at one endto said seat supporting member and at the opposite lower, end to said crossbar.

2. The combination with a plurality of harrows arranged in lateralalinement, and a draw bar. for said 'harrows, of a seat supporting member supported at one end on said draw bar, a cross bar carried on said harr'ows transverse thereto, adjustable gripping means carried by said cross bar on the under side thereof and arranged' to engage :Wlth said harrows, thereby to limit the lateral'movementof said harrows relative to one another, an di adjustable supporting means secured at oneendto said seat supporting member and'at the opposite endtosa1d crossbar;

3. The combination with a plurality of' harrows arranged in lateral alinement, and a draw bar for said barrows, of a seat supporting member supported at one end on said draw bar, a foot rest adjustably mounted on said seat supporting member, a cross bar carried on said barrows transverse thereto, adjustable gripping means carried by said cross bar on the under side thereof and arranged to engage with said -harr0ws, thereby to limit the lateral movement of said barrows relative to one another, and adjustable supporting means secured at one end to said seat supporting member and at the opposite end to said cross bar.

FRANK HENRY WILKEY. 

